Jamie Shea
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Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
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.
He received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
, when he served as the spokesperson for NATO. There was some criticism of his overtly cynical style in describing the prosecution of the war especially reporting on "collateral damage" (Yugoslav citizens killed by NATO bombardment).
He received his B.A. (Hons.) in Modern History
Modern history
Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
from the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
(1977) and his D.Phil. in Modern History from Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
(1981).
Shea is married and has two children, Chiara and Alexander.
Positions within NATO
- October 2010 -
- Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges
- August 2005 - October 2010
- Director of Policy Planning
- April 2003 - August 2005
- Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, Public Diplomacy Division
- October 2000 - March 2003
- Director of Information and Press
- 1993 - 2000
- Spokesman of NATO and Deputy Director of Information and Press.
- 1991 - 1993
- Deputy Head and Senior Planning Officer, Policy Planning Unit and Multilateral Affairs Section of the Political Directorate, NATO.
- Speechwriter to the Secretary General of NATO.
- 1988 - 1991
- Assistant to the Secretary General of NATO for Special Projects.
- 1985 - 1988
- Head of External Relations Conferences and Seminars.
- 1982 - 1985
- Head of Youth Programmes.
- 1980 - 1982
- Administrator in Council Operations Section of Executive Secretariat.
Academic positions
- As of 2006 (start dates unknown)
- Professor, Collège d’Europe, BrugesBrugesBruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
- Lecturer, Brussels School of International StudiesBrussels School of International StudiesThe University of Kent's The Brussels School of International Studies is a specialised postgraduate school offering international studies in Brussels, Belgium. Students benefit from the advantages of a degree from a British university offered by its location in the 'Capital of Europe'...
, University of KentUniversity of KentThe University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
.- 1993 onward
- Lecturer in the European Studies Program of the University of Antwerp.
- 1991 onward
- Course instructor, Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
.- 1988 onward
- Member of the Advisory Council, International Relations Studies and Programme of Université Libre de BruxellesUniversité Libre de BruxellesThe Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
.- 1987 - 1990
- Lecturer in Defence Studies, University of LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
.- 1987 onward
- Adjunct Associate Professor of International Relations, James Madison CollegeJames Madison CollegeThis article is about the public-policy college at Michigan State University. For the similarly named institution in Virginia, see James Madison University....
, Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
. - Director of the Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Summer School in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
.- 1985 onward
- Associate Professor of International Relations, American UniversityAmerican UniversityAmerican University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
, Washington DC.